Dax Doomslayer
January 17th, 2024, 18:53
Hi Folks,
I was wondering if FGU is functioning as intended. When taking an item like Gauntlets of Ogre Power, one typically would add the effect in the CT of "STR: XX" to reflect the 19 strength. This does allow it to work properly for the To Hit and Damage rolls. However, something that it doesn't take into account (which I believe is missing) is the encumbrance effect. The Gauntlets item state:
"Your Strength score is 19 while you wear these gauntlets. They have no effect on you if your Strength is 19 or higher without them."
My understanding / interpretation of this is that it also should be adjusting/increasing the encumbrance carrying capacity allowance to reflect the 19 strength to a carrying capacity limit of 285lbs (19 x 15). However, that does not happen with the STR: XX coding. Thus, it creates a situation of a PC with a much lower strength going over his 'natural' strength allowance and causing them to be encumbered which then causes disadvantage on rolls etc. First, should it be doing this? If it is intended (which I'm not sure why tbh), is there a way other than manually changing the PC's strength score to 19 to have this calculated/coded correctly to reflect the carrying capacity also? Any guidance is appreciated and if I'm missing something, feel free to set me straight - lol. Thanks!
I was wondering if FGU is functioning as intended. When taking an item like Gauntlets of Ogre Power, one typically would add the effect in the CT of "STR: XX" to reflect the 19 strength. This does allow it to work properly for the To Hit and Damage rolls. However, something that it doesn't take into account (which I believe is missing) is the encumbrance effect. The Gauntlets item state:
"Your Strength score is 19 while you wear these gauntlets. They have no effect on you if your Strength is 19 or higher without them."
My understanding / interpretation of this is that it also should be adjusting/increasing the encumbrance carrying capacity allowance to reflect the 19 strength to a carrying capacity limit of 285lbs (19 x 15). However, that does not happen with the STR: XX coding. Thus, it creates a situation of a PC with a much lower strength going over his 'natural' strength allowance and causing them to be encumbered which then causes disadvantage on rolls etc. First, should it be doing this? If it is intended (which I'm not sure why tbh), is there a way other than manually changing the PC's strength score to 19 to have this calculated/coded correctly to reflect the carrying capacity also? Any guidance is appreciated and if I'm missing something, feel free to set me straight - lol. Thanks!